For those who do not yet
know: Flavio Boltro is one of those natural talents thrown down from the sky to
the Italian land that plays the jazz trumpet and who preferred to move to
France to practice this music. His new record is a beautiful example of what
today's jazz can be, drawing from the best jazz tradition of the 1960s, from
those records released by two German Jews who fled Europe, Alfred Lion and
Frank Wolff, on their label which took the name of Blue Note. Flavio Boltro pays
tribute to two of their most famous artists, Lee Morgan and Horace Silver, of
whom he plays some famous compositions at the end of the album. Boltro's
themes, solos, style, everything brings us back to a jazz season projected in
the contemporary world, see for example the contribution of Alex Ligertwood,
former singer with Santana, who performs some songs, including the famous Every
Breath You Take by Sting, rendered in a very singular version, far from that of
the author. Boltro has chosen a nice group for his music, there is Rosario
Giuliani on the soprano sax and on the alto sax to support the leader with well
thought out solos, and then the rhythm led by Pietro Lussu on piano and
electric keyboards together with Darryll Hall on bass and André Ceccarelli on
drums. The entire record is pervaded by the solos of an artist rich in talent
and confident in his own technical means (great the duo together with Darryll
Hall on the famous Over the Rainbow standard), eclectic between songs more in
the tradition of acoustic jazz and others more passages on radios, like the
cover of Sting's song. It is difficult to imagine a success on a global scale,
like that of other colleagues, but the music of the disc is listened to with
pleasure, put together with wit in the editing phase. A record that still
honors that Italian jazz that draws from the African American tradition, far
from Mediterranean languors and sighs. ~ by Vittorio, Musiczoom.It. [Translated from
Italian]
Bonsaï Music, BON 120501, 2012
Recorded 24th October-26th
November, 2011
At Such Production Studio;
Virus Studio, Poggibonsi, Italy
Musicians:
Flavio Boltro - Trumpet
Rosario Giuliani - Soprano
Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
Pietro Lussu - Piano,
Electric Keyboards
Darryl Hall - Bass
André Ceccarelli - Drums
Alex Ligertwood - Vocals
(#3,5,8)
Tracks:
1. Mister Italo {Flavio Boltro}
(6:27)
2. Black Jack {Flavio Boltro}
(4:25)
3. See You Tomorrow {Flavio
Boltro} (6:56)
4. Piccola Nina {Flavio
Boltro} (6:38)
5. Every Breath You Take
{Sting} (4:00)
6. Bora Bora {Flavio Boltro}
(7:16)
7. Over The Rainbow {E.Y.
Harburg, Harold Arlen} (3:08)
8. Sidewinder {Lee Morgan}
(5:24)
9. The Preacher {Horace
Silver} (1:54)
Credits:
Producer - Pierre Darmon,
Emmanuel Jolivet
Engineer - Alessandro
Guasconi
Mixing, Mastering - Julien
Birto
Photography - Basile Picard
